Abstract: An important feature of Meihua Quan inheritance is seeking individuality and obtaining the individual and collective identity. Based on the field research of Meihua Quan, this present paper studies the identity and formation mechanism of Meihua Quan through methods of literature review, oral history and logic analysis, indicating that: (1) Meihua Quan has a long history, a wide range of communication, as well as a large number of practitioners, thus having a strong cohesion and centripetal force. An important factor in this regard is the concept of All practitioners of Meihua Quan are a family; (2) The norms of Meihua Quan individual identity includes: Admission based on two-way choice; inherent law of authentic technique; strengthening power of collective activities; external mechanism of collective rules; (3) The approach to enhance the sense of collective identity in Meihua Quan is: One disciple, multiple masters, which promotes the master-led communion between sub-groups; the form of Daojuanlian promotes the blending of cultural heritage of Meihua Quan through sub-group communion; Piaotie (running poster) promotes collective identity between sub groups from different regions; The concept of literacy cultivation being prior to technique acquisition unifies the collective behavior of Meihua Quan practitioners.

Key words: Meihua Quan, identity, schools of Quan, Wushu inheritance, Wushu communication